The Makropoulos Secret

The Makropoulos Secret

Karel Capek

Publication
1925

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Original title: Věc Makropulos.

The Makropoulos Secret is a play which explores the theme of immortality by looking at a woman who may have used an elixir of life.

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Karel Capek

Karel Capek (1890–1938) was one of the most influential Czech writers of the 20th century. He introduced and made popular the frequently used international word robot, which first appeared in his play R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots) in 1921. Karel credited his brother, Josef Capek, as the true inventor of the word…

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